Mr Grijpink obtained a Bachelor and Master of Science in Business Economics (2004), a Bachelor of Dutch Law, and a Master of Dutch Financial Law (2006) from Erasmus University Rotterdam. He started his career as an investment banker at J.P. Morgan in London, with a ten-year tenure in M&A and ECM. In 2015, he became a partner with the London-based investment fund Maven Investment Partners. He joined Xior at the beginning of 2020 and is currently Managing Director Southern Europe, based in Madrid.